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	parameters</u></span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000"> 
	are saved in a file called &quot;PyScripter.ini&quot;.&nbsp; PyScripter searches 
	for this file in the following locations</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">b) %APPDATA% 
	(environment varaible)</span></font></div>
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	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000">So the default 
	location is the user's Application Data directory .&nbsp; If however the &quot;PyScripter.ini&quot; 
	file exists in the same directory as the PyScripter executable then it is used 
	in preference to the one in the user directory.&nbsp; This allows PyScripter 
	installations in USB storage for example.<br></span></font></div>

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	Application form sizes and positions (referred to as layouts) are saved in a 
	separate settings file called "PyScripter.local.ini. </span></font></div>



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